About this course

What is the AFCAT exam?

AFCAT (Air Force Common Admission Test) is an entrance test for aspirants willing to join Indian Air Force as Commissioned Officer in Flying, Ground Duty (Technical) and Ground Duty (Non-Technical). The test is conducted twice a year across the country by the Indian Air Force. The exam will be conducted in the third week of February 2020.

General Awareness, Numerical Ability, Reasoning & Military Aptitude and Verbal Ability in English

Selection Procedure

AFCAT exam, AFSB Interview, and Medical Test

AFCAT 2020 Important Dates

The tentative dates for AFCAT 2020 exam are given below:

Event

AFCAT I Dates

AFCAT II Dates

Publishing of AFCAT 2020 notification

November 23, 2019

June 1, 2020

AFCAT 2020 Registration

December 1 – December 30, 2019

June 30, 2020

Issue of AFCAT Admit card

Last week of January 2020

Last week of July 2020

AFCAT 2020 exam date

February 24 and 25, 2020 (tentative)

August 24 and 25, 2020

AFCAT Result

March 2020

September 2020

AFCAT 2020 Eligibility

Candidates who are willing to take AFCAT 2020 must check, whether they fulfil the desired eligibility criteria or not. The brief eligibility criterion for different branches/courses is mentioned below for your reference.

Visit the official website of Indian Air force, go to the career section.

Click on the Candidate Login section.

Type your E-mail ID and Password to log in and download the admit card.

A window showing the admit card will appear.

Click on download admit card.

After downloading the admit card take a printout of the same.

In case, a candidate does not receive his/ her admit card or fails to download the document or finds any discrepancy in the ticket, contact the AFCAT Query Cell at C-DAC immediately.Ph. Nos. : 020-25503105 | 020-25503106Email ID: afcatcell@cdac.in

AFCAT 2020 Exam Center

For this session, there are 104 locations for AFCAT 2020.

Candidates must choose the centers at the time of registration according to their preference.

Make note that no request for change of center will be entertained by the authorities.

AFCAT Exam Pattern

Candidates opting for Ground Duty (Technical) branch have to appear in both AFCAT as well as Engineering Knowledge Test (EKT).

AFCAT 2020 Exam Pattern Highlights

Exam

AFCAT

EKT (only for technical)

Mode of Exam

Online i.e. computer-based

Online i.e. computer-based

No. of Questions

100

50

Maximum Marks

300

150

Duration of Exam

2 hours (120 minutes)

45 minutes

Sections in Paper

General Awareness, Verbal Ability in English, Numerical Ability and Reasoning and Military Aptitude Test

Mechanical, Computer Science and Electrical & Electronics

Negative Marking

1 mark

1 mark

AFCAT Syllabus

As per the notification, the standard of Numerical Ability Questions will be of Matriculation level. Whereas, the questions in other subjects will be of graduation level (Indian University). A brief of AFCAT syllabus is listed below:

AFCAT Recommended Books

Candidates can refer to the general aptitude book for any other government exam for which aptitude portion is common with AFCAT. Candidates should also refer to previous year AFCAT and EKT paper for a more comprehensive and holistic understanding of the questions asked. The list of recommended books is tabulated below.

Books

Author

ISBN

Let’s Crack AFCAT

SSB Crack

819310871X

AFCAT Topic-wise Solved paper

Disha Experts

9385846744

Let’s Crack EKT

SSB Crack

8193108728

GK Capsule

Arihant

935094538X

AFCAT Result and AFSB Selection Process

AFCAT 2020 Result will be declared in March 2020 at the official website. Follow the steps given below to check the result.

Candidates who opt for flying branch can only opt for Dehradun, Mysore and Varanasi.

Candidates are required to choose AFSB date and venue by themselves on the website https://careerindianairforce.cdac.in (OR) https://afcat.cdac.in in order to generate call- up letter for AFSB interview.

Final Merit List

Candidates should secure the minimum qualifying marks separately in written examination and AFSB test as fixed by the IAF.

The qualifiers names will be placed in the order of merit on the basis of the total marks secured by them in the written examination and in the AFSB tests.

The form and manner of communication of the result of the examination to individual candidates will be decided by the IAF in their discretion.

10% of the vacancies are reserved for NCC Air Wing Senior Division ‘C’ certificate holders in Ground Duty (Technical and Non-technical) Branches.

Allotment of PC/ SSC in Ground Duty (Technical and Non-technical) Branches would be based on a number of vacancies, performance in the selection process and the choice given by the candidates.

AFCAT Vacancies (2020)

Note: Vacancies indicated are tentative and subject to change without notice. The actual intake would depend on organizational requirements, various cadre control mechanisms, availability of training slots and actual number of vacancies accruing in January 2020.

AFCAT Cut Off

The cut-offs are expected to follow the general trend in AFCAT 2020 as well. The following table would be useful in estimating the cut off as for AFCAT 2020.

Year

Exam

Cut Off Score

EKT

2019

AFCAT 1

AFCAT 2

160

180

–

–

2018

AFCAT 1

AFCAT 2

155

140

60

55

2017

AFCAT 1

AFCAT 2

150

160

60

60

2016

AFCAT 1

AFCAT 2

132

148

60

60

2015

AFCAT 1

AFCAT 2

126

144

55

52

2014

AFCAT 1

AFCAT 2

127

123

–

45

2013

AFCAT 1

AFCAT 2

144

116

–

–

Official cut off would be published on the website after the completion of the exam cycle.

Syllabus

AFCAT (Air Force Common Admission Test) is an entrance test for aspirants willing to join Indian Air Force as Commissioned Officer in Flying, Ground Duty (Technical) and Ground Duty (Non-Technical). In this course we will provide students with the relevant course data required to clear the exam.

WEEK 1

Useful Tools

Starting Module: you’ll learn about different types of social software, how to think about physical collaboration and digital collaboration using the same framework, and what the challenges to success for collaborative software are.

WEEK 2

Programming Principles

Advanced Module: you’ll learn about different types of social software, how to think about physical collaboration and digital collaboration using the same framework, and what the challenges to success for collaborative software are.